Humanitarian Activity...Baby Hats!

Last night we had another Humanitarian Activity. There were 7 of us there and we had a great time chatting while we moved ahead on one project and began work on another.

Our Baby blanket squares are coming along nicely. We've had quite a few turned in, and we are now working on lining them in white. We will soon be ready to stitch them together!

Also, a few of us began working on crocheted baby hats (see the top pic). They are so cute! I was so excited to learn this new pattern, and look forward to using it a lot in the future. We will be donating these to the hospital or womens center. Thanks Sarah!

Relief Society Birthday Celebration and Service Project

Thank you to everybody who attended our Celebration on last Saturday (Mar. 20th). You all made it so fun. I had personally had a very rough day, and you cheered me up immensely!

I was having such a good time I forgot to take pictures of all the colorful balloons and table cloths ...and all the delicious Pizza's, and salad....and all the wonderful people who were there. I'll try harder next time.

While we ate we played 'Two Truths and a Wish'. And later we got to share what we'd learned at our tables with everyone else. I loved getting to know people a little better. I still have trouble with names, but I'm working on it.

It was wonderful how everyone chipped in to help clean up. And then we began our Service Project. I attempted to teach everyone how to Crochet a simple square, which we will later join together to make a cute baby blanket, that we will be donating to a Hospital or Womens Center. I'm not the greatest teacher, luckily a few other experienced people helped out. Thanks! And others rolled the skeins of yarn into balls for us, which saved me from a lot more work at home.

To all you beginners I just want to say. Hang in there. I remember when I learned and it was tough. But it really is true, that all you need to do is practice. The first one may be hard, and may look a little funny, but the next one will be easier and better. It's such a fun skill to have. If you have any questions or run into any problems please feel free to catch me after church or something and let me help you out.

Anyone who missed the activity but would like to help crochet, can get a ball of yarn from me at church. And here are the directions....the best way I know how to give them. You can ask for clarifications at church.=)

Chain 30, then chain three more. Turn and begin doing double crochet's in your 30th chain. Double crochet all the way along your chain. You should end up with 30 posts, including the one made by the 3 chains. That is your first row. You need to make 16 rows. If that doesn't make sense, just see me at church and I'll show you.

Michelle Best

Sisters Temple Trip

On March 6th a few of us met bright and early to make the trip to the Orlando Temple. We saw a few others from our ward while we were there...unfortunately by the time we thought of taking a picture we had no idea where the others were. Still, we enjoyed being with them in that special place together. We hope that next time we can get an even bigger group to go. What a wonderful way to recharge our spiritual batteries.

If we all can work together we can overcome obstacles like childcare, or transportation. Just let us know what your needs are, or if you are able to help out, and we'll try to coordinate our efforts to give every sister an opportunity to attend the temple.

Dinner at Panera

We had a fairly small group for our dinner out this month. But with good food , good friends, and good conversation, you can't go wrong! Next month is Mexican food. See the Newsletter for details.

Humanitarian Activity

This past Saturday, the 23rd of January, we had the first of many Humanitarian Activities. We are planning to have one every month. We had a great turn out!

We actually had two projects going. We were finishing up a project that was started last year; making rice bags to use as hot or cold packs, that we are donating to the hospital. Aren't they cute?! Thanks to all those talented sisters who can sew.

Also we began a new project. These file folder games will be sent to the Humanitarian Center in SLC and the Church will send them to orphanages throughout the world. As a way to teach and stimulate the minds of those children. There was a lot of coloring, cutting, pasting, and laminating going on. Thanks to all those who came we got a lot accomplished, but we are by no means done with the 25 games we plan to make. We will likely be finishing up at another months meeting.
Visiting Teaching interviews were also conducted by members of the RS Presidency as well as VT coordinators. Here's hoping that we will all be more faithful in fulfilling this special calling to serve those sisters in our own ward family.

After all the hard work (and visiting with one another) it was time to eat. And we had brownies to finish it off. MMMMmmm.

Here's a slide show of all the fun...and food. We give special thanks to Sister Rusk for taking the pictures.

We are so grateful to those who came and we hope you had a good time. To those of you who couldn't make it, we look forward to seeing you next time.

We have our own Blog!

We (the Presidency) are happy to announce, that the Cape Coral Ward Relief Society now has it's very own Blog. We will be updating it with pictures from our various activities, and hopefully when you see all the fun we're having you'll want to join us more often. It will be a great way to look back at all our fun times together.
If you have any pictures from smaller activities ; like playgroup or lunch ladies, please e'mail them to me (Michelle) and I will be happy to post them! (imichellebest@hotmail.com)